毛泽东说:蔡元培是“光复会,同盟会之民族伟人”。这话扼要地说明了蔡和辛亥革命的关系。蔡元培生长在中国政治社会变动空前剧烈的时代,生长在中国将由满清专制政体变革为民主共和国家的时代,尽管他饱受封建教育,中进士而授职翰林院编修,登上了科举仕途的巅峰,但他具有强烈的民族意识与敏锐的观察力,在甲午战败的耻辱刺激之下,目睹戊戌变法发生、发展及失败的过程,清楚认识清廷政 Mao Zedong said: Cai Yuanpei is “Guangfuhui, the League of Nations great man ”. This remark outlines the relationship between Cai and the Revolution. Growing up in an era of unprecedented political and social changes in China, Cai Yuanpei grew up in an era when China was to transform the Manchu autocratic regime into a democratic republic. Despite his feudal education, he was conferred the title of “Imperial Academy” However, with strong national consciousness and keen observation, he witnessed the process of the occurrence, development and failure of the Reform Movement of 1898 and the clear understanding of the Qing government